Juventus beat Napoli 2–0 on 1 November, the club’s 129th anniversary. Juventus’s own report, published that day, confirms both the result and the birthday setting. The home side nevertheless had to wait until the second half to break the deadlock. ESPN’s match record.
Kerim Alajbegovic opened the scoring in the 70th minute from an Edon Zhegrova assist, before Jérémie Boga added the second in the 87th from Andrea Cambiaso’s pass. ESPN’s event record describes both finishes as shots from outside the penalty area.
Napoli’s Luca Marianucci was dismissed for a second booking after 75 minutes, after Juventus’s opener but before the second goal. Possession was close, at 48.7 per cent to 51.3, yet Juventus led the attempts count 18–8 and shots on target 4–1. A 13–4 advantage in corners provides further context for the home attacking pressure without attributing the entire win to the late numerical advantage.
The match record dates this fixture to 2026-11-01T21:45:00+02:00 (Asia/Jerusalem). Source: ESPN match record, checked on 2 November 2026.
Additional context sources: Source 1.
Archival cover photograph: Archival photograph: Juventus Stadium before an earlier European match against Real Madrid in 2013; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: forzaq8 from kuwait, kuwait. Image source and metadata; CC BY 2.0. The Wikimedia-supplied file is used without raster edits. Image date as recorded by the source: 2013-11-05 19:14.
